let greatness prevail!

there are going to be hard times.
there are always going to be hard times.
we always seem to think, "oh, when this over, my life will be great" or, "if this happens then this other thing will be great, i will be so happy...." the grass is always greener and mr. jones always has a little bit more than us.
but maybe that's what "the jones'" are there for... something to strive after, someone to set the bar a little higher so we as individuals challenge ourselves to be great[er].

i am not meaning to sound pessimistic in any way. in fact, just the opposite.
maybe mr. jones is our own inner self refusing to settle for 'good.'

in hard times is CHALLENGE and in challenge we have the ability to choose GREATNESS.

i am happy and i am loving life. to love life is a choice. an active state of mind. and a lot of times the easier choice is to not love what's going on in and around our own lives. but one must stay positive and know that everything happens for a reason and even in hard times, there are wonderful things to appreciate, love and be a part of. this is the make up of what we call life. it's all over the place, it's good, it's "bad," it's confusing, it is joyous. there is no other word to describe it but; beautiful.

the odds are always against you, you may not always win.
so therefore, you must fight.
you must rise to the challenge.

You must DO whatever it is that you want to be doing.
being sad or miserable or hopeless is easy to do so you must fight the urge to get into this slump.
train your mind to be strong. keep working at this. it's an ongoing, ever-developing process.
happiness is not found with the switch of a button. it is a total and complete shift of mind and experience. it is a readiness, an openness, an understanding of a truer, greater way of life. a more pure and honest existence.

Become who you want to become. this is also, always, an ongoing process.
the greatest and worst did not become the greatest and the worst in a instant. one must always work at being great and one must always work at being wicked. the bad and good alike don't just appear, they are carefully cultivated in this ongoing process of becoming the person you want to become.
greatness must always prevail.
honesty must always have the right hand and love must always have the left.
One's thoughts, mind and heart should always point in the direction of "up."
GROW. LEARN. Learn what it is you need to become great.
Take charge of your life, don't let the worry and the hurt get you down.

You need love.
You need hope.

The only person that can pull you up is YOU.

Believe in yourself, and your abilities to accomplish anything you want.
You are great, you will be great and someone will recognize this greatness.
You will make use of the ideas in your head and the love in your heart.
but you must remember that these ideas and this love are a direct result of the awareness of this greatness. it is not of any use if it is not believed in, cultivated and mastered.

what you are supposed to be doing will be realized because you are a child of this Earth and there is a plan.
Nothing can take that away from you, but you must have continued faith in your own success.

Keep your faith in Faith and Truth, in Mankind and Mother nature.
Keep the faith in yourself and know that you are here for a reason.

You will find what it is you seek.